Cuspidor.



J. L. STONE. SR.

CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, 1915.

' 1,168,124. Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

9 all whom it may concern: i

"andI do hereby declare the following to be smtrns A NT OFFICE."

- sour irens, $2.. r menis us. VIBGINIA,

' cusrrpon. I

' Be itknown that I, JOHN L. STONE, Sr.,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cuspidors;

' a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which itappertain's to make and use the same.-

This invention may be said to relate to spittoons, asthat is the use to which I will generall put the finished article; and the object of the same is to produce a receptacle ofthis] kind and proba'bly'for this purpose from a single folded blank as of paper or the like and possessing its own or inherent fastening-means, herein called a lock," the whole when set up ready for use having the characteristic features of a sanitary cuspi- ,"dor and being withal an article of quite a tasteful appearance.

A further object isto produce a receptacle of this character which may be stored and {shipped in the form of a flat blank of'but a single thickness, or which may be set up and then collapsed so that it is quite flat although of smaller contour and several thicknesses.

I donot wish to be limited to the use of this receptacle as acuspidor, since it may find a variety of uses in many arts, and of course the material and size of parts, as well as their'exact'configurati'on, are susceptible of considerable modification, The following specification sets forth the manner in which I construct one of the simpler types Z'of-this receptacle, and it includes a few elaboiations or amplifications, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings wherein: i Y

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the sq'uare'sha-pe or type of this spit- -toon is to be-made; Fig; 2 is a similar view after the blank has been bent on the lines shown inFig. 1, the four corners in Fig. 2 I illustrating different stages in the formation and insertion of the 1001;? Fig. 3 is a perspective-view of thefinished cuspidor Fig. 4 is'a' 'side elevation thereof; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal-section on about'line 5 -5 of QFigf S, Figs. 12 to 5 are onthes'ame scale, which is larger-than-the scale employed in other views; Fig. 6 is a pla-n view of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 13, 1915. Serial No. 8,119. I

finished'cuspidor collapsed or flattened out; and F1g. 7 1s a bottom plan view of the same; Fig. 8 1s a perspective view of a hexagonal cuspidor made according to my invention, and whose base is as large as the periphery of its top, this view illustrating the addition of certain flaps as will be described; and Fig. 9 is a perspective View taken from the under side of a square type of this cuspidor, wherein the flaps are amplified so as to produce walls which close the otherwise open sides of'the receptacle.

Referring now to the drawings, and more especially to Fig. 1 wherein is shown the blank from which a square spittoon is to be made, I have employed solid lines to show folded lines which move downward in shapwhere the panels on the opposite side of the article; the panel marked T will be one of four which constitute the top of the receptacle, the four panels marked S, S, S and S (the latte being the same as the top panel T) will constitute one of the side wall of thefinished article, and finally the two' triangular panels marked L, L Wlll c0nstitute the lock.

On this understanding the blank is a square piece of paper bounded by the lines connecting its corners 1, 2, 3 and 4.

1 First Imark the side lines at the points 5, 6, 7 and 8 and then I lay oif the panel B which 7 is bounded by the'li'nes connecting the points 9, 10, 11 and 12 and in the present case is a square somewhat less than one quarter the size of the entire blank although this 1s a matter of choice.

If the base of the spittoon is to be comparatively large, the bottom panel will'be laid off larger than illustrated. If the base be comparatively small, the bottom panel might be even smaller than illustrated. In any event, however, I would have the corners or angles of the bottom directly opposite points in the periphery which are between the corners of the entire blank, andwhich 1n the present mstance are shown as midway between the corners, so

th teach line as 11, 7 from one corner of the bottom to the periphery of' the blank will ,be truly radial, and it will be seen from the following description that this will 'ing up the receptacle, or in other words,

form the bottom line of v whatimight be called a gutter as indicated by G in Fig. 3. These radial lines subdivide all of the blank around its bottom panel B into four parts or around the bottom, I project this radius toward a corner, as 1, to find a point 16 which i being connected by lines with the points 9 and 12 produces a triangular panel S of exactly one quarter of the area of the bot 7 tom and united therewith by the line 9, 12.

I may here saythat each panel S forms the lower part of the side of the finished article, as seen in Fig. 4, and as each is exactly one quarter the size of the bottom it follows q that when the spittoon is collapsed as seen in Fig. '6 the fourpanels S flatten out upon I the bottom and their apexes 16 overlie the center 13. Next a line is formed from the point 16 to 8, and this with the gutter line G running from 8 to 12 and another line running from 12 to 16 bounds a second side panel S. In similar manner a third side panel S is formed by lines from 16 to 5,

illustration given the panels S and S are of the same size as each other and of the same size as the panel S but whereas the first two will always be duplicates of each other they are not alwa s du licates of the inner That is to say. it'will 1 best seen in Fig.2. All parts of the blank triangular panel S be clear that if the bottom panel B were smaller than herein shown. or larger, the size of the panel S would be changed;

whereas if the gutter lines G were longer or shorter so that the amount of stock around the bottom were enlarged or reduced, the size and shape of the panels S and S would not be the same but they would always be su'mesthe formation best seen in-this'view. Each lock, which is'no-w two-ply isthen curled slightly as seen at 21, and its extreme d plicates of each other. Finally, the three triangles S, S and S will collectively fi'll the space transversely between any two contiguous gutter lines G, the outer angle 16 of the inner panel S and the inner angles 9 and 12 of the other panels will invariably be the same. present case are shown as right-angle triangles. but this depends upon the size of the bottom B, as well as the size of the blank around the bottom. 7 If the latter were carried outward to a considerable extent, it is obvious that the line from 16 to 8 would not be parallel with the line 9, 12, and the line from 16 to 5 would also diverge. In the present illustration the line 8, 16 is in alinement with line 16, 5, but this does not always follow. Next the line '9, 16 is carried straight across the blank to the point 17 so as to produce two triangular panels L and L, the former bounded by the lines 8,

variation. the panel L is the same size as the panel S These three triangles in the 16, 17 mid t 'iaaeff by th iiiies 1e, 17, 1.

These two triangular lock panels will always be duplicates of each other, and in the finished article they overlie each other. In the illustration given, each lock triangle is of the same size as each of the other tri angles already described, but this does not follow invariably. The line 8, 16 of the lock panelL -for-ms one edge of the side panel S, and the line 1, 16 of the other lock panel L forms one edge of the fourth panel S Therefore, these] lines must be ofthe same length, but the other two edges of each lock panel are susceptible of considerable I may say, however, that when it will exactly overlie it in the finished article,fand the pointl'? betweenthe two lock panels will reach completely to the point 12.

If the panel L were smaller than the panelv 3 The top T is madev up of the material which remainsbetween the line 1, 16 and the line 16, 5. When viewed from above as seen in'Figs. 3 and 6 this panelforms about-one quarter of thetop of the cuspidor. @viewed from the side as seeninFig. 4, this thence to 9, and finally back to 16. In the make-up the'side of the'cuspidor. Therefore it maybe said thatthis remaining piece WVhen same panelforms one of the panels 8* which of the blank constitutes a top panelon its upper face and-a side panel on its lower face.

Having laid off theiblank with the lines above described, it is next folded as perhaps outside ofth'e bottom are bent upward on the lines 9,10, 11, 12, whichof course creases the blank on the radial gutter lines G The line 16, 17 between'thetwo lockpanels L, L is then bent upward and carried over to'one side as seen at 20 in Fig. 2 and when thisis continued around the blank the latter ascorner 27 carried down into the space 28 which overlies the gutter G. The lock is {now pushed home, and if the panels L, 'L'

are thesame size as the panel S, L will overlie S, L will overlie L, and when the next section of the blank is folded up L will lie adjacent toor slightly remote from S in l the next section; and this produces the space I 28'whose bottom constitutes the gutter G.

The device now assumes the appearance seen in Figs. 3, 4 and 5. The lock panels'L,

L have disappeared from sight, having been bent down into the several spaces28,- and yet it is clear that the spittoon will retain this shape without the employment of any a decided angle, and the apex ofqthe lock lies .in th bottom of the gutter @G; andjthe walls f the latter diverge \veryslightly upward.

- When this receptacle is :to she used-Zens a \spittoon, it is ready @for such use .;at :the point to whi h our description haskpro e ded; ib l on the assumption that it is desired :to 169 lapse the made-up spittoon intov smaller spa e for pu poses of tq ag t.1i s on y ne sse y to m v two oppos t r c iners inoprposid r o o a 39 g v he eenv irestep -ip tie revo u ion w th espec to thezbettom Th pitt e new {assum -;-th shap i top p e i n Fig '26 a d bo tom pla View in Fig. 7. In the movement of parts toward this position, each lowermost side panel falls pjon the bottom B, one pancl S falls inward over said-panel S While the composite top I then overlies the remaining side panels, the latter 'hold in ithe looks, and

ev thin everli'es t b tt m; a, -th e Ye ese thick e s e t e ee psedz pitte n is y he of a f t ie s esuef repe e s m le-r ma i l- As above suggested, the device could 'haye been stored in its :fiat .or blank form as ill-ush rsd e Pie 1, he it h e me wee I h v b e l s but it eree e eeter- 'zl l es i h n t t i e m t w b sto e i We h' se hd stor nd s ipp hr h gh or pre s; hu i hh coll psed seem shown in Figs. 6 and 7 it will be stored in 'hesn -l r a the o s hi s H v n th i entirely ptie el' with the h rhese les eres hat the devis s h ees t s es-lee Lie hheir fiat item; endr ev he st red he s d v eed eeehesi afe u e ci in th ell psed is Ii Fi 11 he e histee ed we ie smelleet s hi this device i su cept ble l e vi' ha he elite els efeeeh her panel T does not of necessity terminate on a straight line asil, ;5"in Fig. 1 ior itlmigiht he out one curved line as shown at in F 18, i weh mr due li tl eP 31 which I would bend downward on the straight line 1, 5 so as to {reinforce the outer edge of the top panel (especially if the ;lat-

t re g to ve t en h a e to prevent it from sagging as it mightdo-if it became moist. I have also made use of Fig. 8to show that this flap might be made -triangular as at 32, and pne or both of its outer eries ou ee r e pp'l me t l 1 2 1 33 fo e 1i or et e Pu o e ,thelatter I suggest that when flap 32 stands As one of u r h impl i flan g h hen heekl se n t er p ly summ to the :d'erside .of the {side panel so as to hold ,the

flap 32 i ite :bracing posi ion-- w ld no be confined in this resp t, however, th necessityifior using these :fla-ps mechanically, as it is quite obvious thatithey could be given a wide variety of shapes eEQr ornamental purp ses.

'liehus far I :have described a collapsible .QUSPidQr wherein no izistening devices or means of any kind was gnecessary, excepting for the suggestion "just made with respect to the.supplementaliiapfiid. Referring now to Fig. 19, it will beobserved that the outer edge of them] panel Ticould :be carried beyond the line 1", 5 into .a flap so large that .we might call it a wall 34, and this Wall :might zhe given such shape that it would fill .out-thecontom' of the-side illustrated in Fig. 4. That is -:to say, I Would carry one side ofat-he Wall irom :point 5 down to 35 (which would he .on a line coincident with the line 45, 5 h n ;I would carry the lower edge of the wall across to the point 3.6 which would ;be co-i lcident with L116 point 112, and then I would carry'the other side of the wall up to the point :It isquite within the spirit ofrny invention to provide means for. holdthis Wall in place, and to this end :I have made use 055 ig- :9 to show how one side of any wall, vas the edge 1, '36 could be continued into a fl p ne er e d m hic the other side of the next adjacent Wall would he laid, and to which it could be ses xed by s mm ng or oth rw At It ratio is new directed to the fact hat the 01 Well 31 con itut Wha m g t bee l e he he inelo ing h ven bas s of 0 pymmid i s de hi lhe l we edg s 3 36 of these wal e ie :e t ch e to th bottom The is that is ec ptacle as hus ieenstite e cl e' d yet h c lla y ah net l y 'meti n es ab v d c ibed, a thee-re fter s e ,l weur onnect alls could h leid Qllto the bottom as ho n in ig- 7 by 591 them ihe erd 911 the lin .1, :5 en h -hing se n hei comer 0 th li 1,

I e des ribed an most cases shown eceptacl :feur s de I r-serve theht to g ve it re son le numbe pf s des, them th ee upward, n

pre er tha t he in all cas s a geomet ica 'PQ' Y L- Wh n t evic i sed e e u,;sni er, ts top pehels T n erse nwar d w wasd-and :lez o e hann ls r paces 26. and thes an di ect y o e downwardly and inwardly inclined gutters The re u i the; th re i ampl p o tun ty fe the mit to ru e ny p panel T i -t0 the body, Where it will b ut '01? sig vwhen the spittooll is viewed from almost any angle. vhes hottem h s m re tha ur s h pa es 2 eens tute a s ar-s aved Op Whose arm grow larg r toward the center With a spittoon out from a blank and whose center is sufficiently open for from a single blank of pliable material ,fOldGd on lines defining apolygonal bottom at the center of the blank, and on radial lines from the corners of said bottom to the periphery of the blank dividing the latter into sections around the bottom; each section being folded into a series of panels collectively constituting one side of the receptacle, and into additional panels superimposed on each other and bent into the space between said side and the next and constituting a lock, for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein described receptacle made from a single blank of pliable material folded on lines defining a polygonal bottom within the blank, and on lines from the edge of said bottom to the periphery of the blank dividing the latter into sections around the bottom; each section being folded into a series' of panels collectively constituting one side of the receptacle, and into two contiguous triangular panels superimposed on each other and bent into the space between said side and the next and constituting a lock, for the purpose set forth.

' The herein described receptacle made from a single blank of pliable material folded on lines defininga polygonal bottom at the center of the blank, and on radial lines from the corners of said bottom to the periphery of the blank dividing the latter into sections around the bottom, each section being folded into a series of triangular panels collectively making up a pyramid and constituting one side of the receptacle, and into two triangular panels whoses bases are co- "incident with one corner line of said pyra- .mid and whose bodies are superimposed and bent into the space between one side of such pyramid and the contiguous side of the next pyramid, for the purpose set forth.

4. The herein described cuspidor made from a single blank of paper folded on lines defining a polygonal bottom at the center of the blank, and folded on lines from the corners of said bottom to the periphery of the blank to define sections around the bottom separated by radial gutters each section being folded into an inwardly projecting pyramid constituting one side of the cuspidor, and into a pair of triangular panels projecting beyond one corner line of said pyramid and bent down into the spacebetween this pyramid and the next with its outer edge seated in said gutter.

5. The herein described receptacle made from a single blank folded on lines defining a polygonal bottomwithin the blank, and on radial lines from the angles of said bottom to the periphery of the blank dividing the latterinto sections around the bottom; each section being folded into a triangle whose base is co-incident withthe adjacent side of the bottom and whose apex is directed outward, into apair of equal triangles disposed on'opposite sides of the first and with their apexes directed inward, into a fourth trifrom a single blank folded on lines defining a polygonal bottom within the blank, and on radial lines from the angles of said bottom to the periphery of the blank dividing the latter into sections around the bottom; each section including four triangular panels folded into a pyramid whose apex is directed inward over the bottom, and means for maintaining the shape and position of such pyramid when the blank is set up.

7. The herein described receptacle made from a single blank folded on lines defining a polygonal bottom within the blank, and on radial lines from the angles'of said bottom to the periphery of the blank dividing the latter into sections around the bottom; each section including four triangular panels folded into a pyramid whose apex is directed inward over the bottom. and each section being completed by additional integral panels constituting a lock and bent into the space between one side of this pyramid and the contiguous side of the next.

8. The herein described cuspidor made from a single blank of pliable material folded on lines defining a polygonal bottom at the center of the blank, and on radial lines from the angles of said bottom to the periphery of the blank dividing the latter into sections around the bottom; each section being provided with lines dividing it into six triangles and folded on said lines so that one triangle rises obliquely-from the side of the base, two triangles rise vertically from the edges of that named first, the fourth triangle connects the upper edges of the two last named and constitutes one panel of the top of the cuspidor, and the remaining triangles constitute a lock extending into the space between one upright triangle and that next contiguous.

9. The herein described cuspidor made from a single blank of pliable material folded on lines defining a polygonal bottom at the center of the blank, and on radial lines from the angles of said bottom to the periphery of the blank dividing the latter into sections around the bottom; each section being folded on lines into a plurality of panels, one of which rises obliquely from the side of the base, two others rise vertically from the edges of that first named, the fourth connects the upper edges of the two last named and inclines in a direction opposite to that named first, and the remainder of which panels constitute a lock extending into the space between one upright panel and the contiguous upright panel of the next adjacent section.

10. The herein described cuspidor made from a single blank of paper and folded into a substantially flat bottom and aplurality of sides, each of the latter being a hollow pyramid with its point directed toward the center of the cuspidor, the several points and the side walls of said pyramids being spaced from each other.

11. The herein described cuspidor made from a single blank of paper and folded into a substantially flat polygonal bottom, a plurality of sides, each of the latter being a hollow pyramid with its point directed toward the center of the cuspidor, the several points being spaced from each other and the side walls of contiguous pyramids converging from said points and being integrally united along their outer edges so as to leave spaces between the lines of union and the points, and panels integral with one edge of the upper wall of each pyramid carried over into one of said spaces and constitutlng a lock.

12. The herein described cuspidor made from a single blank of paper and folded into a substantially flat polygonal bottom, a plurality of sides, each of the latter being a hollow pyramid with its point directed toward the center of the cuspidor, and a flap integral with the outer edge of the upper panel of each pyramid, and bent downward therefrom for the purpose set forth.

13. The herein described cuspidor made from a single blank of paper and folded into a substantially fiat polygonal bottom, a plurality of sides, each of the latter being a hollow pyramid with its point directed toward the center of the cuspidor, a wall integral with and depending from the outer edge of the upper panel and shaped to conform with the contour of the base of the pyramid, and a flap projecting from one side edge of said wall for attachment to the opposite side edge of the next contiguous wall, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. STONE, Sn.

Witnesses:

WILLARD N. BEVERIDGE, HERBERT B. LAYNE.

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